The US did NOT sign the Paris accord; President Obama supported it, but per the US Constitution, the US cannot "sign" a treaty or accord unless it's approved by the Senate - and it never was.
As far as "what's a reasonable price", a guy just won a Nobel Prize in economics calculating that very number and it turns out the Paris goal of 1.5 deg C is about 1.63 times more expensive than doing nothing. And yes, that calculates all the costs of externalities. Doing the "full Gore" approach (that is supported by the Green New Deal) is about twice as expensive as doing nothing. Clearly, much of what's pushed for is NOT a reasonable price. Unless your purchase also seeks control of the entire world economy...
It's because China and India CO2 isn't as harmful as USA CO2. Ours is more potent, somehow... Otherwise folks would be up-in-arms about China emitting twice the CO2 as the US.
It is more important that they stage kabuki theatre like "interviewing" admitted - and convicted - liar Michael Cohen, and continue to stress "collusion!" when there is zero evidence of it. Because politics is more important than actually governing, you know...
What I'm saying is it COULD be used right now - there is nothing physically limiting it from working that way. Your claim that it could not be used as a speaker is wrong; it's a choice LG has made right now, there is no physical reason it could not be used, given the level of excursion required to replace a traditional speaker.
Yes, it could be used as a speaker. Even microphones can be used as speakers (albeit they suck), and a bone conduction transducer IS a speaker as well. Additionally, since SPL is proportional to displacement, and a screen is huge compared to a typical 6mm x 15mm speaker in a phone, you'd need precious little motion on that large area to get usable SPL output. A typical microspeaker has around 1.5mm - MAYBE 2mm - of maximum excursion. This screen has about 120 times the surface area, so you could have the same SPL level with around 16 microns of motion. LG may choose not to use it as a speaker - but it would actually be a pretty decent one, if the story is accurate that the entire screen moves...
So with your logic, for a loudspeaker, the motor (magnet circuit and voice coil) is the transducer, and the cone is the amplifier. Nope, not gonna let that one slide... A transducer in this case is what changes electrical energy into pressure - and that includes the radiating surface (since the pressure generated is proportional to the radiating surface, and the radiating surface is required for the transformation to take place).
They are going to get rid of the keyboard, it'll be an on-screen touch keyboard. ARM chips, unified apps - it's the iOSification of Macs... Do you want a small iOS device (phone), medium (iPad), or large (Mac)?
Yes, a patent examiner must have a technical or scientific degree and almost always examines in that field. So a superconductor patent would most likely have an examiner with a background in physics or materials science.
Obvious stuff patented? Why that would be real - as opposed to "does not check if anything works" which the GP claimed... You may think they are obvious or not - but they at least work.
Not at all - he was an employee of the US DOD, and as with any typical tech employment, any inventions you have on the job are the property of your employer.
Description of his invention, and how to make one. A valid patent application must include enough information that someone "skilled in the art" (in this case, physics and materials science) can successfully replicate the invention. If it's not disclosed to that level you can challenge it and have it invalidated.
Ever had a patent? I've got 24 issued (and more pending), and in several cases I was denied for lack of proof of results - meaning I had to provide additional details in the disclosure including measurements to prove it actually worked. At least as rigorous as a scientific journal.
Patents cannot violate the laws of physics (you'll get it denied - and have to prove why you broke those laws), and the patent office can demand proof of a working prototype. Additionally, patents last for 17 years. You cannot extend them beyond that.
Interferometry. A 1 MHz wavelength is human tissue is about 1.5mm. A decent interferometric system can discriminate down to 3 degrees without an issue, which would be around 12.5 microns. Which is about half the height of a fingerprint ridge. So it seems pretty simple, since you can get presence/absence of a pattern over an area.
So Canada, Germany, Mexico, the UK, Australia all abuse voter ID requirements to stop people from voting? As far as I can tell, it only keeps people who cannot prove their citizenship from voting. What's the problem?
In California, Prop 65 warns you against all kinds of evils, including toast and prune juice (both known to the State of California to cause cancer)... I kid you not.
I am with you on paper ballots. We also need proof of ID, as most nations around the world require. But Russian hacking of the election? I know it's been claimed, but outside some questionable ads and social media trolling - did they actually affect the vote tally?
You're doing it wrong... Here on Slashdot you're not supposed to rail against a feature directly, you're supposed to say something like "I don't need 3D, I have lost sight in one eye you insensitive clod!"
If carrying a 7 pound laptop is a chore for you, I suggest you immediately seek medical attention and start working on improving your general health...
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The US did NOT sign the Paris accord; President Obama supported it, but per the US Constitution, the US cannot "sign" a treaty or accord unless it's approved by the Senate - and it never was.
As far as "what's a reasonable price", a guy just won a Nobel Prize in economics calculating that very number and it turns out the Paris goal of 1.5 deg C is about 1.63 times more expensive than doing nothing. And yes, that calculates all the costs of externalities. Doing the "full Gore" approach (that is supported by the Green New Deal) is about twice as expensive as doing nothing. Clearly, much of what's pushed for is NOT a reasonable price. Unless your purchase also seeks control of the entire world economy...
It's because China and India CO2 isn't as harmful as USA CO2. Ours is more potent, somehow... Otherwise folks would be up-in-arms about China emitting twice the CO2 as the US.
It is more important that they stage kabuki theatre like "interviewing" admitted - and convicted - liar Michael Cohen, and continue to stress "collusion!" when there is zero evidence of it. Because politics is more important than actually governing, you know...
What I'm saying is it COULD be used right now - there is nothing physically limiting it from working that way. Your claim that it could not be used as a speaker is wrong; it's a choice LG has made right now, there is no physical reason it could not be used, given the level of excursion required to replace a traditional speaker.
Yes, it could be used as a speaker. Even microphones can be used as speakers (albeit they suck), and a bone conduction transducer IS a speaker as well. Additionally, since SPL is proportional to displacement, and a screen is huge compared to a typical 6mm x 15mm speaker in a phone, you'd need precious little motion on that large area to get usable SPL output. A typical microspeaker has around 1.5mm - MAYBE 2mm - of maximum excursion. This screen has about 120 times the surface area, so you could have the same SPL level with around 16 microns of motion. LG may choose not to use it as a speaker - but it would actually be a pretty decent one, if the story is accurate that the entire screen moves...
So with your logic, for a loudspeaker, the motor (magnet circuit and voice coil) is the transducer, and the cone is the amplifier. Nope, not gonna let that one slide... A transducer in this case is what changes electrical energy into pressure - and that includes the radiating surface (since the pressure generated is proportional to the radiating surface, and the radiating surface is required for the transformation to take place).
I believe you meant screen as audio transducer... At least it keeps the headphone jack!
For many on the envirowhacko side, humans are the only non-natural animal on the planet.
They are going to get rid of the keyboard, it'll be an on-screen touch keyboard. ARM chips, unified apps - it's the iOSification of Macs... Do you want a small iOS device (phone), medium (iPad), or large (Mac)?
Well, it did hang in the air in much the same way that bricks don't, so...
Yes, a patent examiner must have a technical or scientific degree and almost always examines in that field. So a superconductor patent would most likely have an examiner with a background in physics or materials science.
It's 20 years from the earliest filing date; in reality, it's going to be 17 years at best (it typically takes 3 years to get one issued).
Obvious stuff patented? Why that would be real - as opposed to "does not check if anything works" which the GP claimed... You may think they are obvious or not - but they at least work.
Not at all - he was an employee of the US DOD, and as with any typical tech employment, any inventions you have on the job are the property of your employer.
Description of his invention, and how to make one. A valid patent application must include enough information that someone "skilled in the art" (in this case, physics and materials science) can successfully replicate the invention. If it's not disclosed to that level you can challenge it and have it invalidated.
Ever had a patent? I've got 24 issued (and more pending), and in several cases I was denied for lack of proof of results - meaning I had to provide additional details in the disclosure including measurements to prove it actually worked. At least as rigorous as a scientific journal.
Patents cannot violate the laws of physics (you'll get it denied - and have to prove why you broke those laws), and the patent office can demand proof of a working prototype. Additionally, patents last for 17 years. You cannot extend them beyond that.
Interferometry. A 1 MHz wavelength is human tissue is about 1.5mm. A decent interferometric system can discriminate down to 3 degrees without an issue, which would be around 12.5 microns. Which is about half the height of a fingerprint ridge. So it seems pretty simple, since you can get presence/absence of a pattern over an area.
Really? Is that why there an uproar about the expanding requirement for voter ID in the UK? And what about our neighbors - Canada and Mexico?
Not to mention even VOX (not really a right-wing site) admits that voter ID laws do not suppress turnout. Yes, CONVICTIONS for voter fraud are few, but there is a growing list of actual voter fraud convictions. If the vote is so sacrosanct and important, why let ANYONE be disenfranchised by an illegal vote?
So Canada, Germany, Mexico, the UK, Australia all abuse voter ID requirements to stop people from voting? As far as I can tell, it only keeps people who cannot prove their citizenship from voting. What's the problem?
In California, Prop 65 warns you against all kinds of evils, including toast and prune juice (both known to the State of California to cause cancer)... I kid you not.
I am with you on paper ballots. We also need proof of ID, as most nations around the world require. But Russian hacking of the election? I know it's been claimed, but outside some questionable ads and social media trolling - did they actually affect the vote tally?
Reminds me of this Far Side cartoon...
You're doing it wrong... Here on Slashdot you're not supposed to rail against a feature directly, you're supposed to say something like "I don't need 3D, I have lost sight in one eye you insensitive clod!"
If carrying a 7 pound laptop is a chore for you, I suggest you immediately seek medical attention and start working on improving your general health...